Storage battery



Dec. 6, 1927.

C. L. DICKERSON STORAGE BATTERY Filed Ausl. '7, 1926 @mm @En @En @DEEE DE@ W n E Y ATTORNEY WITNESSW novel storage battery construction in which Patented Dec. 6, 1927.

UNITED 'STATES CHARLES L. DICKERSON, OFv CLINTON, ILLINOIS.

ys'romies BATTERY.

Application mea August 7, 1926. seriai 110.7127905.

This invention relates to storage batteries and has for its object the provision of a ample means is provided fortaking care of the mud or other sediment which accumulates within a storagebattery during the period of theoperation thereof, the great advantage being that there will be. less lilreliA hood of short circuiting of the various plates or groups of plates.

Another object of the invention is kto providea storage battery in whichthe various groups of plates are separated by means of separate cores which, together with the plate of the battery itself Vrest upon supporting elements formed, preferably integrally, upon the bottom of the battery case so as to provide ample space forV the accumulation of the sediment which is bound in the course of time. l

An additional object is to provide a device of this character which will besimple to accumulate and inexpensive to manufacture, easy to construct and assemble, positive.v in action, emcient and durable in service, and a general improvement inthe art. f

With the above andother objects and .advantages in view,`the invention consists in the details of construction, and the Yarrangement and combination of parts to be herein-` i after more fully described and claimed, and

illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in

a elements mounted upon the4 bottom of the Figure 1 is a sectional view through storage battery constructed iny accordance with this invention.

n Figure 2 is a vertical section taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is a detail perspective View, parts being broken away and in section, this view illustrating the utilization of the spacing wedge-shaped in cross sectionf Mounted upon these members 11 is af'series of transversely arranged bars or strips 12, necessarily of insulating material and'which con-Y A y n stitute .the supporting means for the plate particularly. to the draw-l 'of the battery. It is preferable that the bars or strips 12 bearranged in slightly spaced relationy 1n order that any sediment may be deposited between them onto the bottom `without any possibility of short circuiting the platesA themselves. The battery isfurther shown as comprising a plurality of plates 13 between which are located separators 14, these separatorsV being of vsuch size as to extend entirely from side to side of the container'or case 10 so as to project beyond the edges of the plates 13.

It is of course true that the` exact configuration of the plates themselves maybe varied within wide limits and it is equally true that the construction of the separators may be varied, though it should be understood that a feature of the invention is ,the provision of the separators whichV extend vfrom side to side of the container, casing or receptacle beyond the edges of the plates so that there will be no possibility or probability of short circuiting at this point. Furthermore, it will be noted that all lof the plates as well as the separators are supported upon the transverse ridges or web Vmembers 11 and that they will therefore bespaced from the bottom ofthel receptacle vor container so that any sediment which lmay accumulate from timeto time, as is well known, may be accommodated within they spaces between' the members 11.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of the invention, it should be understood that I reserve the right to make such changes in theform, construction and arrangement yof parts as will not depart from theJ spirit of the invention or the'scope of the. subjoined claim.

I-Iaving thus described the invention, I claim f In astorage battery, va receptacleV of insulating material provided at its. bottom with'a plurality of spaced'upstanding trans-v verse ribs, bars of insulating material arrangedk within the receptacle transversely upon `said ribs, battery plates having their lower edges resting upon said bars, and separatorsbetween the successive plates extending down between said bars and engagingV upon the top of said ribs. l In testimony whereof I affix my signature. Y

` CHARLES 1L. DIoKERsoN. 

